FJ Reitz High School
Francis Joseph Reitz High School is a public high school on the west side of Evansville, Indiana, United States. It was founded in 1918 in honor of Francis Joseph Reitz, and is the second oldest high school still in use today in the city. It is a member of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. It is also known by the IHSAA as Evansville Reitz High School and locally known as simply Reitz High School.Academics
13 AP courses are offered at Reitz.Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 1,299 students enrolled in 20152016 was:
- Male - 49.7%
- Female - 50.3%
- Native American/Alaskan - >0.1%
- Asian/Pacific islanders - 1.3%
- Black - 4.2%
- Hispanic - 1.5%
- White - 87.3%
- Multiracial - 5.7%
40.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. FJ Reitz was a Title I school in 20152016.Sports
Reitz Panthers compete in the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference. The school colors are navy and grey. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are offered:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- *Girls' state champion - 1981
- Cross country
- Football
- *State champions - 2007, 2009
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Feeder schools
- Perry Heights Middle School
- *Daniel Wertz Elementary School
- *West Terrace Elementary School
- Helfrich Park STEM Academy
- *Cynthia Heights Elementary School
- *Tekoppel Elementary School
Notable alumni and faculty
- Jay Buente, baseball player, pitched for Purdue University, the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays
- Rudy Charles, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling senior referee
- Brian Claybourn, former American football punter and placekicker at Western Kentucky University, and later a player with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League
- Bob Hamilton, professional golfer; 1944 PGA Championship winner
- Don Hansen, played football at Illinois and for 11 seasons in the NFL
- Lilly King, swimmer, gold medalist at 2016 Summer Olympics
- Paul Musgrave, expert in American foreign policy matters
- Matt Williams, producer of The Cosby Show, Home Improvement, and Roseanne
